Mega container ships

• Main Author: Sha, Chenjia
• Other Authors: Tan Kim Hock
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Maritime studies::Maritime management and business
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/71020
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Initiated by Maersk Line with their Triple-E class series mega vessels order in 2011, container ships have grown much bigger in recent years, with capacities going above 20,000 TEU. The main driver of this trend is that companies want to achieve lower cost per unit transported and better economie...